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A little back story; I have Reliquary Tower that has the ability; You have no maximum hand size. I also have several cards that allow me to get an abundance of card draws: for instance I have Dragon Appeasement, if these two are paired in my devour deck I can get a wealth of cards, enabling me to play out Thromok the Insatiable all the sooner.

This would of course mill me out pretty quickly, so I was hoping for a card that does for me in prevention of loss by having no library what Phyrexian Unlife does for having 0 life.

I'm hoping there's a keyword I didn't think of, and that someone has a card in mind for this.

There are cards which cause you to skip your draw step, such as your Dragon Appeasement. You could also use something like Feldon's cane or Paradigm Shift to reshuffle your graveyard into your library.
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NickJul 5 '13 at 9:22

Those are both good, thank you @Nick. They're kind of one shots though; I'm assuming that Paradigm Shift would end up being the only card in my graveyard as it would be on the stack busy resolving whilst the action is being carried out? Not the end of the world if I've got a few of them though :)
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CLockeWorkJul 5 '13 at 9:26

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And since you're skipping your draw step anyway with Dragon Appeasement, why not use Ivory Gargoyle to gain a free creature to sacrifice each turn?
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NickJul 5 '13 at 13:50

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You could also use Elixir of Immortality which gets shuffled back into your deck each time you use it.
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bwarnerJul 5 '13 at 14:36

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Laboratory Maniac will make you win the game instead of losing the game for drawing a card with no cards in library.

Emrakul, the Aeons torn will give you a way (among other mythic eldrazi cards) to shuffle used cards in your graveyard back into your hand to give you some extra space. Elixir of Immortality will do the same, cheaper for a gain of 5 life. there are a number of other cards that will also shuffle your graveyard into your library.

There is also the slightly convoluted combo of Consecrated Sphinx, Notion Thief which you then Donate to your opponent before doing anything to cause you to draw a card outside of your draw step. The draw will be redirected to your opponent, which will trigger the sphinx, which will allow you to redirect 2 more draws and repeat the process to mill your opponent out to defeat. Probably not as good as Lab maniac, but worth remembering.

Oh now those are cool, I've seen Emrakul before and always thought it just plain mean! But Laboratory Maniac is awesome, a completely different twist to what I was trying to achieve. Thanks @Rawgramming
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CLockeWorkJul 5 '13 at 10:26

Love that combo, my wife will never forgive me if I use it on her :D
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CLockeWorkJul 5 '13 at 15:03

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Platinum Angel will also prevent you to lose the game, even if Laboratory Maniac seems way better in your case.
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JoubarcJul 8 '13 at 9:10

good point, i will add it (and one other) to the list
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PattersJul 8 '13 at 9:58